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Show The BRITIS H Gtk oN HERBAL. U=S V. Wi0,Q0 D-R UF FE. sale eBLat ao a SH EI BRIB.A'L, It is common every where under hedges, and flowers in June. C.Bauhine calls it Aparine valvaris a name copied by others. It is a plant of confider: ASPERULA. is taken in the fpring « PALE floweris formedof a fingle petal. The lower part is fafhioned into a fomewhat Jong tube ; oblong,pointed, g and the edgeis fpread out, and divided into four narrow fegments ; which are and turned backwards. The cup is fmal!, and divided into four parts at the rim; andit ftands with a upon the rudiment of the fruit. The feeds are two after every flower ; and they are covered plaints with fucc fs - It alfo operates by urine, and is good againft the gravel. tops given in a ftrong infufion ‘a againft obftruCtions of the vifcera, _ loofe fkin, and grow together. Linneus places this among the zefrandria monogynias the threads in the flower being four, and the 2. Little Wall-Cleavers, ftyle fingle. Aparine minima muralis. P?Co56ul9 DAV1S,1 0 .N...1, B Rs Te BySs or The root is fibrous, and fpreading, The ftalk is fquare, upright, not much branched, and eight inches high: it is of a pale green, and of a tender fubftance. The leaves are placed at the joints in a ftellated manner, a confiderable number together , andthey are long, narrow, fharp-pointed, {mooth, and of a dark green. oH. Theroot is oblong, flender, and furnifhed with a few fibres. Woodruffe. Aperula vulgaris. PESC AC DL Veny Sek OFNe SE EtGer Ss, The flowers are fmall, white, and of a very, fragrant {mell: they growintufts, almoft inthe manner of umbells, on the tops ofthe ftalks. The feeds are large and round. It is common in our woods, and flowers in May. C.Bauhine calls it A/perula few rubeola montana odora, Others, Ajperula odorata. It is good againft obftructions of the vifcera; but it is not in ufe. BO REIGN SPE CHEE'S. Blue Woodruffe. a little tuft at the top of the ftalk ; andtheyare Apperula caerulea. P&S€,,. furrounded by aferies of leaves which rife above them, and in a manner hide them. The feeds are large and brown. It is common in the corn-fields of Italy, and flowers in July. The root is compofed of numerous fibres. The ftalk is {quare, upright, and a foot and half high: it is of a pale green, and not much branched. Theleaves are placed in theftellate manner at the joints feveral together: they are long, narrow, and of a pale green; and they area little hairy. Theflowers are fmall and blue: they ftand in The ftalks are numerous, fquare, and. tolerably upright: they are eight inches high, and are not much branched. The leaves are placed in a ftellate manner round the ftalks, about fix at a joint; and they are fhort and pointed, of a pale green, and rough to the touch. The flowers grow on flender, branched foot- flalks, rifing from the bofoms ofthe leaves : they are {mall, and of a greenifh white. The feeds are roundifh and double; and they are not fo rough asin the other kind. Tt is found on walls and ditch-banks, and flowers in May. Ray calls it Aparine minima. 3. Smoother-feeded Cleavers. Aparine femine leviore. Theftalks are fquare, numerous, and a foot high: they are not much branched; and their > green. e oblong, narrow, blunt at che and of a dufky green: they ftand like rays roundthe joints of the ftalks, five or fix together, The flowers are larger than in the common and of a pure white. kind, The feeds are double, and entlofed in a loofe fkin. This is not fo rough as in the common kind, but has only a few fhort hairs upon it. We have it common in corn-fields. It flowers in June. Ray calls it Aparine femine leviore. 4. Short-leaved Marfh-Cleavers: Aparine paluftris folits brevioribus. The root is oblong, flender, and redifh, The ftalk is fquare, rough; of a pale greenj weak, and about a foot high: The leaves ftand in rays at the joirits of the ftalks; and they are fhort, fharp-pointed, and of a bright green. The flowers ftand on footftalks rifing from the bofoms of the leaves; and they are white and fmall. : The feeds are double, and are enclofed in a rough fkin. It is common on bogs, and in damp places under hedges. It flowers in April. Raycalls it Aparine paluftris minor Parifienfis flore alba, The virtues are the fame with thofe of the tommon Cleavers. The root is compofed of flender fibres. C.Bauhine calls it Aperula cerulea arvenfis, Others, A/perula cerulea. Ge Its virtues. are the fame with thofe of the ee RUBTA Nou Ss VI. Ci EB AL Var R +s: an Uses VII. SQUINANCY WORT. former. pe flower confifls of a fingle petal. Groigk 309. CYNANCHIC #. The lower part is in form of a long tube: the rim is fpread out, and divided into four pointed fegments. The cup is f{mall, and divided into four Parts; andit ftands on the rudiment of the fruit. Thefeeds are two after every flower; and they are very large, round, and enclofed in a loofe fkin: they grow joined together, The leaves are three-cornered. AP? RPE: HE flower is formed of a fingle petal; andis divided almoft to‘the bafe into four fe ements. The cup is very fmall: it is formed alfo of a fingle piece, divided into four parts; and it ftands on the rudiment of the fruit. The feeds are large and roundith » With a dent in the middle; andthey are covered feparately with a loofe, rough-fkin, and grow together, Linnzus' places this among the pentandria monogynia 3 the threads in the flower being five, and the ftyle fingle. In his Genera Plantarum he makes it a diftin& genus; but in his fpecies, finc e publifhed, he joins it . ye . . . im % with the gallium, taking awayits old generical name: but tl nis is wrong,for the plantis fufficientlydiftinét by the form of the feeds; and the old nameis be tter preferved. 1. CommonCleavers, Aporine vulgaris. PL3-G,,7.¢7 The rootis lender, and creeping g. The ftalks are numerous, fquare, of a pale whitith green, and two feet or more in length : they ufually rife among buthes ; and they ftick to every thing they touch, otherwife they would not be able to fupport themfelves upright. They are hot muchbranched: they are covered with rough, hooked hairs, The leaves are long, narrow, and of a pale green: there grow about fix of themat every Joint, difpofed like the rays of a ftar Theflowers are fmall and white : the feeds are round, double, and included in rough, loofe fer : Linnzus places this among the tefrandria monogynia, the threads in the flower being four, and the ftyle fingle. But he does not allow it to be a diftiné& genus. Hejoins it with the a/perala or woodruffe, from whichit differs in the three-cornered fhape of the leaves. There is but one knownfpecies of this plant, and that is a native of Britain, Squinancywort. Rubia cynanchica. Theroot is long, flender, andfurnifhed with a few fibres. The ftalks are numerous, fquare, redifh, not much branched, and about ten inches high. The leaves ftand in the manner of rays at the joints of the ftalks, fix at a joint in the lower part of the plant, andfour at a joint in the upper: they are finall, oblong, flender, and threecornered, and fharp-pointed. Th The flowers are fimall and red; but they are numerous; and make a ptetty appearafice : they are difpofed in a kind of umbel at the tops of thé ftalks. It is not uncommonon hilly; barren grounds: It flowersin July. C. Bauhine calls it Rudia cynanchica, Others; Rubeola quadrifolia levis. It is faid to be a fovereign remedyfor the quincy ; but thete is no good authority for the practice, END of the TWENTY-THIRD CLASS: |